floatfloat2 ●○○ noun [countable]1TTCvehicle a large vehicle that is decorated to drive through the streets as part of a specialeventWe stood and watched the Carnival floats drive past.2drink American EnglishDFD a sweet drink that has ice cream floating in it3DSOfor fishing a small light object that floats on the surface of the water, used by people trying to catchfish to show where their line is4DSSfor swimming a flat light object that you can rest part of your body on in water to help you learn to swim5BBTmoney a small amount of money that someone in a shop keeps so that they have enough money to give change to people6business a time when shares in a company are made available for people to buy for the first time syn flotation7relaxation a time when you sit in a flotationtank in order to treatillness or injury, or to relax